❓ The Minister accuses the Opposition of having inconsistent and contradictory positions on the Southern Suburbs Railway project, highlighting conflicting statements from various members and advisors. The Minister affirms the government's commitment to the project.
AnsweredQoN 263Legislative Assembly
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Will the minister advise the House of the latest opposition position on the southern suburbs railway? Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN
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I was going to say that the Opposition has more positions than the number of positions in a rather well-known Indian book. However, the people of the southern suburbs certainly deserve a straight answer from the Opposition on this matter. A brigade of Liberal Party camp followers are continuing to run the anti-rail line and to demand that it be stopped. They are, as we know, doing the dirty work for the Opposition, which of course is in a difficult position. We know that one of those rail opponents, Mr Peter Breuchle, is the Opposition’s transport spokesperson and adviser on rail. Indeed, he has been complaining about the amount of work he has had to do for the member for Carine. Therefore, it is not surprising that the member for Carine has said that the whole project should be canned; even if it cost $1 billion to not build a rail line, that was a good idea. She was contradicted by the Leader of the Opposition, who in turn contradicted himself. As we all know, if he is in West Perth, he says that the rail is not such a good idea, and that the Liberal Party would take it only to Thomsons Lake. Then it would think about Rockingham and it would think later about Mandurah. However, when he is in Mandurah, of course, he has a different story. The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I was going to say that the Opposition has more positions than the number of positions in a rather well-known Indian book. However, the people of the southern suburbs certainly deserve a straight answer from the Opposition on this matter. A brigade of Liberal Party camp followers are continuing to run the anti-rail line and to demand that it be stopped. They are, as we know, doing the dirty work for the Opposition, which of course is in a difficult position. We know that one of those rail opponents, Mr Peter Breuchle, is the Opposition’s transport spokesperson and adviser on rail. Indeed, he has been complaining about the amount of work he has had to do for the member for Carine. Therefore, it is not surprising that the member for Carine has said that the whole project should be canned; even if it cost $1 billion to not build a rail line, that was a good idea. She was contradicted by the Leader of the Opposition, who in turn contradicted himself. As we all know, if he is in West Perth, he says that the rail is not such a good idea, and that the Liberal Party would take it only to Thomsons Lake. Then it would think about Rockingham and it would think later about Mandurah. However, when he is in Mandurah, of course, he has a different story. The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
I was going to say that the Opposition has more positions than the number of positions in a rather well-known Indian book. However, the people of the southern suburbs certainly deserve a straight answer from the Opposition on this matter. A brigade of Liberal Party camp followers are continuing to run the anti-rail line and to demand that it be stopped. They are, as we know, doing the dirty work for the Opposition, which of course is in a difficult position. We know that one of those rail opponents, Mr Peter Breuchle, is the Opposition’s transport spokesperson and adviser on rail. Indeed, he has been complaining about the amount of work he has had to do for the member for Carine. Therefore, it is not surprising that the member for Carine has said that the whole project should be canned; even if it cost $1 billion to not build a rail line, that was a good idea. She was contradicted by the Leader of the Opposition, who in turn contradicted himself. As we all know, if he is in West Perth, he says that the rail is not such a good idea, and that the Liberal Party would take it only to Thomsons Lake. Then it would think about Rockingham and it would think later about Mandurah. However, when he is in Mandurah, of course, he has a different story. The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN replied: I was going to say that the Opposition has more positions than the number of positions in a rather well-known Indian book. However, the people of the southern suburbs certainly deserve a straight answer from the Opposition on this matter. A brigade of Liberal Party camp followers are continuing to run the anti-rail line and to demand that it be stopped. They are, as we know, doing the dirty work for the Opposition, which of course is in a difficult position. We know that one of those rail opponents, Mr Peter Breuchle, is the Opposition’s transport spokesperson and adviser on rail. Indeed, he has been complaining about the amount of work he has had to do for the member for Carine. Therefore, it is not surprising that the member for Carine has said that the whole project should be canned; even if it cost $1 billion to not build a rail line, that was a good idea. She was contradicted by the Leader of the Opposition, who in turn contradicted himself. As we all know, if he is in West Perth, he says that the rail is not such a good idea, and that the Liberal Party would take it only to Thomsons Lake. Then it would think about Rockingham and it would think later about Mandurah. However, when he is in Mandurah, of course, he has a different story. The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
I was going to say that the Opposition has more positions than the number of positions in a rather well-known Indian book. However, the people of the southern suburbs certainly deserve a straight answer from the Opposition on this matter. A brigade of Liberal Party camp followers are continuing to run the anti-rail line and to demand that it be stopped. They are, as we know, doing the dirty work for the Opposition, which of course is in a difficult position. We know that one of those rail opponents, Mr Peter Breuchle, is the Opposition’s transport spokesperson and adviser on rail. Indeed, he has been complaining about the amount of work he has had to do for the member for Carine. Therefore, it is not surprising that the member for Carine has said that the whole project should be canned; even if it cost $1 billion to not build a rail line, that was a good idea. She was contradicted by the Leader of the Opposition, who in turn contradicted himself. As we all know, if he is in West Perth, he says that the rail is not such a good idea, and that the Liberal Party would take it only to Thomsons Lake. Then it would think about Rockingham and it would think later about Mandurah. However, when he is in Mandurah, of course, he has a different story. The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
The latest contribution that I must share with the House is from the opposition leader in waiting, the member for Kalgoorlie. He is now pontificating on rail. In his first contribution, just last Monday, he said - Our current position - This is hot off the press, folks - is that we would go back to the Kenwick route . . . He went on to indicate that when he leaves his electorate, he goes straight to Bali and does not stop anywhere in Perth on the way. He went on to say, in true Wee Willy Packer fashion - . . . there’s only about 200 people that travel from Mandurah to Perth every day . . . He wants to buy all of them a Mercedes Benz. Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Several members interjected. Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
Ms A.J. MacTIERNAN: He is after the member’s seat. This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
This is really a serious matter for the people of the southern suburbs. Where does the Liberal Party stand on this important matter? I can tell the House that the people of the southern suburbs are getting the message very loudly and clearly that only one party is unambiguously committed to developing a rail link to Rockingham and to Mandurah, and it is the Gallop Labor Party.
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